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Who is Juan Luis Pulido Santana, the referee for Real Sociedad vs Real Madrid? LaLiga 2022-23

Real Sociedad take on Real Madrid in LaLiga with Juan Luis Pulido Santana as the man in the middle.

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Players argue with Spanish referee Juan Luis Pulido Santana (C) during the Spanish league football match between Club Atletico de Madrid and RCD Mallorca at the Wanda Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on April 26, 2023. (Photo by JAVIER SORIANO / AFP)
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Juan Luis Pulido Santana has been appointed to referee this Tuesday’s LaLiga encounter between Real Sociedad and Real Madrid.

Ignacio Iglesias Villanueva will be the referee in charge of VAR. His brother Javier Iglesias Villanueva will be the referee in charge of the Barcelona-Osasuna clash, with Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea looking after VAR at Camp Nou.

Who is Juan Luis Pulido Santana?

Juan Luis Pulido Santana, born in 1983, is from the Canary Islands and is a Spanish Primera División referee.

This season is the first for the Canarian in the top flight after a long spell in the Segunda División, where he watched over 127 matches.

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Pulido Santana has refereed 15 matches in the Spanish Primera División. In his short stint in LaLiga, he has shown 72 yellow cards and four straight red cards, and has awarded four penalties.

In his 127 matches in the Segunda División, he showed 589 yellow cards and 31 red cards (14 straight).